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Literacy in Medieval and Early Modern Vilnius: Forms of Writing and Rhetorical Spaces in the CityLate medieval and early modern cities in Europe could not exist without the use of the written word. Based on a case study of Vilnius - the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the fourteenth-eighteenth centuries - this book shows how rhetoric...
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Light on Darkness: The Untold Story of the LiturgyWith implications for the history of religion and art alike, an exploration of the lasting influence of Christian liturgy across a range of media. Light on Darkness: The Untold Story of the Liturgy offers a captivating journey through the history of religious rituals in...
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Libert?!: Ary Scheffer and French RomanticismAuthor: Quirine Van Der Meer MohrPublisher: Uitgeverij Waanders & de KunstPublished: 01/28/2025Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.48lbsSize: 11.87h x 9.45w x 0.67dISBN: 9789462625846About the AuthorQuirine van der Meer Mohr is a Master's student (University of Utrecht) who has prepared catalogue entries on Turner's Dutch sketchbooks...
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Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois or Six Nations and History of the Tuscarora IndiansThis collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Elias JohnsonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 12/11/2014Pages:...
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Learning with Light and Shadows: Educational Lantern and Film Projection, 1860-1990Since the early 19th century, European pedagogical theory has stimulated a didactic turn towards the visual as an alternative to textual mediations of knowledge through books and lectures. Pedagogues and policymakers who strove for a more child-centred approach to teaching were soon joined by...
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Lateran IV: Theology and Care of SoulsThe Fourth Lateran Council of 1215 was a foundational event in the history of Western Christendom. Lead by the reformist Pope Innocent III, the Council ushered in a new era of papal policy in governance, the implications of which would be felt throughout the...
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Late Gothic Sculpture in Northern Italy: Andrea Da Giona and I Maestri Caronesi: An Addition to the Pantheon of Venetian SculptorsOver the course of a century and a half more than forty late Gothic sculptures have been recognized as sharing a vocabulary of figure and facial types, drapery, wings, and hair. Despite the fact that all the works date from the second quarter of...
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Las Villas of Plattekill and Ulster CountyThis is the first comprehensive historical retrospective on Las Villas of Plattekill and Ulster County ever written. Ulster County was first settled in 1652 and officially became a county in 1683. Its rural nature, scenic beauty, and the Catskill Mountains have made it a...
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Languages and Cross-Cultural Exchanges in Renaissance ItalyAlthough much work has been done in the field of Renaissance Studies, at present there is no book which offers a comparative overview of the linguistic interaction between Renaissance Italy and the wider world. The present volume is intended to fill this void, representing...
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Language and Life on Ocracoke: The Living History of the BrogueIn this follow-up to the celebrated Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram, and Candy Gaskill have produced the most comprehensive linguistic look at Ocracoke yet. Many visitors are drawn to Ocracoke's natural beauty and fascinating dialect, known as the Ocracoke...
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Land Matters: South Africa's Failed Land Reforms and the Road AheadIn Land Matters, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi tackles the past, present, and future of the land question in South Africa.Going back in history, he shows how Africans' communal systems of landownership were used by colonial rulers to deny that Africans owned the land at all. He...
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La Invenci?n de Todas Las Cosas / The Invention of All ThingsUn viaje apasionante y original a la imaginaci?n como origen y motor del mundo. Por el ganador del Premio Alfaguara de novela, el Biblioteca Breve y el Jos? Donoso. «Un libro que atrapa, nos invita a explorar el mapa gen?tico de nuestras ideas y...
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La antigua Grecia para niños: Una guía fascinante de la historia de Grecia, de la civilización micénica, la guerra de Troya, la edad de oro de PericSumérgete en el mundo de los antiguos griegos. Desde sus mitos y su cultura hasta sus guerras y su derrota final ante los romanos, este libro lo abarca todo. Tanto los padres como los niños disfrutarán aprendiendo lo que hizo de la antigua Grecia...
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Kings and Dervishes: Sufi World Renunciation and the Symbolism of Kingship in the Persianate WorldSa?d Amir Arjomand's Kings and Dervishes is a pioneering study of the emergence and development of Sufism during the formation of the Persianate world. Whereas Sufi doctrine was expressed in the New Persian language, its social organization was detached from the civic movement among...
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Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity: An Existential History of Chabad HasidismKabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity provides a comprehensive intellectual and institutional history of Chabad Hasidism through the Kabbalistic concept of ṣimṣum. The onset of modernity, Eli Rubin argues, was heralded by this startling idea: existence itself is predicated on a self-inflicted "rupture" in...
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Jurgen, A Comedy of JusticeJurgen, A Comedy of Justice is a fantasy novel by American writer James Branch Cabell, which gained fame (or notoriety) shortly after its publication in 1919. It is a humorous romp through a medieval cosmos, including a send-up of Arthurian legend, and excursions to...
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Josephus on Jesus: The Testimonium Flavianum Controversy from Late Antiquity to Modern TimesThe Testimonium Flavianum, a brief passage in Jewish Antiquities by Flavius Josephus (37 - ca. 100 AD), is widely considered the only extant evidence besides the Bible of the historicity of Jesus Christ. In the sixteenth century the authenticity of this passage was challenged...
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Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American ProphetFrom an award-winning biographer, a riveting and deeply researched portrait of Mormonism's charismatic founder Joseph Smith Jr. (1805-1844) was one of the most successful and controversial religious leaders of nineteenth-century America, publishing the Book of Mormon and starting what would become the Church of...
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JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography"Fascinating...the fullest portrait of Kennedy ever written." --The Washington Post The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate and detailed look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and...
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Japan's Cultural Codewords: 233 Key Japanese Terms and Expressions to Help You Navigate the Culture Successfully"Boye Lafayette De Mente is a legend among writers on Japan. Other writers have directed their wisdom toward those who want to know something about Japan. De Mente's contribution has been to help those who want to do something in Japan." --Alex Kerr, author...
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